If it makes you feel any better, Drake told a fan in Indiana over the weekend that he HATES the writing for John, and he thinks he is OOC.

i just wish he'd play the script; he's making a bad thing worse with his lack of performance, imho. Everyone said he still loved Marlena, but Drake sure wasn't playing it that way.

Wow, this sounds a lot like what people complained about during the Jack/Jennifer/Daniel debacle. I think we were supposed to see Jennifer have feelings for Jack all through the Fall, but MR didn't play it that way. After MA left the show (and the writers changed), he said that MR hated the writing of the triangle and she knew that it was OOC and that the fans wouldn't accept it.

Hmm. Again, it makes me think that the actors are being hamstrung by the writing and the direction.